I used to dislike southern california based on nothing but I like it well enough now. Pasadena is very nice. However, if you're trying to get away from heat, you probably don't want to live there.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 12:46 (four years ago) link
Even the bay area is getting hotter in the summer, but it's tolerable and I'm convinced that the more or less temperate climate is only going to make it more desireable over the next 40 years as 3/4 of the country bursts into flames.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 12:47 (four years ago) link
Santa Rosa gets pretty hot in summer, doesn’t it? The further inland you go, the worse it gets
― just1n3, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
Yep, it does, and Healdsburg/Cloverdale even moreso. Closer to the coast (Forestville, Guerneville, Sebastopol) stay a bit milder.
And the nice thing even in the hottest parts of the county is that a) the heat’s totally dry and b) those summer days can have a high of 100 but a low of 55, so it really does fully cool off every night.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
b) those summer days can have a high of 100 but a low of 55, so it really does fully cool off every night.
"can have" does not equal "always have" ... unless you are specifically talking Sonoma County ... further south, this is definitely not the case
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
I was born and raised in Sebastopol, relocated to Brooklyn but am still back to visit my folks in Santa Rosa every year or so, can cosign everything Eazy said. Lots of my friends moved back to 'slow-coma' county in the past year after their kids were born. It's edenic behind the redwood curtain.
― I_Got_Loaded, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
i think Santa Cruz is a great suggestion. Further south, but friends live in a little town near santa barbara called carpiteria. supposedly very nice. don't know if it quite ticks all your boxes though. parts of LA are awesome, but i really don't know enough to make suggestions. stear clear of the inland empire though. it pretty sucky
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
I think it's Carpinteria. Were you thinking of:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqM7KgyXz2Q
One of the catchiest jingles of my childhood!
― DJI, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
lol, yes. and i had completely forgotten abt that
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
Santa Barbara is *way* farther south
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
LMBO at Carpiteria, still not sure if that was a troll post or not, well done.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
i know, just trying to be "california completist" if quincie is considering other parts xpost
― one charm and one antiup quark (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 19:56 (four years ago) link
Can't believe no one has suggested Lodi yet
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
Take it to the CCR thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
Sure thing josh in CHICAGO
― sarahell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
Would you prefer Josh in Chico?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:29 (four years ago) link
nobody wants to live in Chico
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:36 (four years ago) link
oh wait sorry I was thinking of Chino
Chico's not so bad
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:37 (four years ago) link
https://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2019/01/GettyImages-1047605856-920x584.jpg"Chiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnooooooo ... "
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
yknow where is really poppinHercules
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
Chico is full of idiotic beer pong loving college drunks
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:54 (four years ago) link
or might i suggest ~flourish~Clearlake
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 03:55 (four years ago) link
quincie do you like meth, perchance?
lol beer pong
― Dan S, Thursday, 29 August 2019 04:04 (four years ago) link
Oh dear, spouse talked to some tech bro and now wants to add RENO to the mix??? Wtf??? How did we get from NoCa to RENO?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 10:55 (four years ago) link
Hemet is where it's at ... or Turlock
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, August 28, 2019 8:55 PM (yesterday)
If she does, I would really like to give a shout out to Bakersfield!
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
Oh dear, spouse talked to some tech bro
I've found the problem.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
Reno pros: cheap, close to Tahoe, "under the radar cool"Or so I hear. Friends move there and people nod and say "yeah Reno is actually supposed to be pretty cool." idk
― but everybody calls me, (lukas), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
I am not moving to fucking reno
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Ned otm
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
"Dude, and each year, Burning Man is RIGHT THERE."
"Wow, you've sold me."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
Yeah well for better or for worse spouse is a tech bro so we do need to go somewhere where he can do that. I figure we will both end up working at Kaiser.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:49 (four years ago) link
On cursory inspection, Santa Cruz looks like Coney Island?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
I figure we will both end up working at Kaiser.
headquarters in Oakland, represent!
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
Does coney island have redwoods? Locals dont generally bother w the boardwalk
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
Santa Cruz is pretty small and it's two most notable features are probably the university and the boardwalk. But essentially it's a small beach town (with all that that implies) on the edge of a redwood forest.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:02 (four years ago) link
xp - hey, we fucked w/the boardwalk on $2 Tuesdays! ... Santa Cruz was more scruffy boho prior to the earthquake in 1989. It's gotten way more bougie since the extensive earthquake damage allowed developers to gentrify the fuck out of it. One of the best used record/books stores, Logos, that I remember from my teen years, closed in the past few years ...
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
I went to school there so would never call myself a "local" (altho DJI can def claim that)
I have many records that still have the LOGOS price sticker stamped on them
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
same here! some of them I sold last year for at least what I paid for them ... so many $3 punk and new wave records ...
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
We was ridin high til the '89 quake Hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall Like a wrecking ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ujuoo9VbA
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
I have no knowledge of pre-earthquake SC. I guess downtown is more bougie, but the overall city itself still seems to have that weird insular bubble vibe college towns sometimes have - still a mix of hippie burnouts, students/academia, surfers, retirees, and weirdos
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 15:49 (four years ago) link
way better vibrant music scene than their used to be, as well
Reno is fine to visit but idk abt living there
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 August 2019 16:54 (four years ago) link
Camper Van Beethoven would like to have a word with you.
Here's a good history of the UC Santa Cruz banana slug mascot:
https://www.ucsc.edu/about/mascot.html
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
*cough* I think I trust the guy who lives within driving distance of Santa Cruz and is actively involved in music to be able to say how the scene's been doing in comparison to recent years -- like, say, this century. You know?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
It was a joke. You know?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Oh I’m a huge CVB dork. Of course they were done by the time i got there. I did see Cracker’s very first show ever at the Catalyst in SC though. They covered Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
But when I was there there was nowhere for small bands to play (or even rehearse), one local label in operation, and maybe a half-dozen (non-hippie) bands trying to play house parties and random breweries and shit. The Fucking Champs were the biggest thing going.
There’s way more going on now afaict
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:22 (four years ago) link
Maybe you're forgetting about my band from high school? Stigmata?
― DJI, Thursday, 29 August 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link